Deploy the Nematodes. Livin' off the Fat of the Land

It is harvest time. One thing the illustration above does not show is the large number of football-sized zucchini that are making their appearance. While I love a purple pole bean, I won't exactly be heartbroken when they slow down.

This week's harvest newcomers are tomatoes. We've just pulled in the first few. The vines are laden with many more to come. 

This has necessitated some innovations on the "how will we eat all of this" front. Made a double batch of zucchini bread yesterday. Made more refrigerator pickles. Gave away more cucumbers. Vacuum-sealed more pole beans and tossed them in the freezer. It is time consuming. But this is what it is all about. All that work raising the seedlings, the planting, the weeding. Time to reap what was sown. And we are getting some delicious stuff.

The weather has been wet, hot, and humid. Over the past few days we've had about three inches of rain, and more storms are on their way tonight. It doesn't really rain, so much as storm. Just had this little icon pop up on my computer screen:


This is good nematode weather. I released 5,000,000 of them on the yard yesterday after the first batch of thunderstorms had passed, and before I headed out for an ill-fated 16 mile run in the burning sun and tropical humidity.


I've just about finished going around the yard and ripping up the creeping Charlie (which has started to make a comeback at the other end). But it's been disturbing, because the rake pulls up an awful lot of grass which should have deep roots. 

We will stand and fight.





 



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